Breakfast Meeting

Guest Speaker: Deacon David Verghese. Our own Deacon Verghese was born on in July of 1980 to Doctors K.P. and Annie Verghese. Raised in a devout Catholic family of four in Leonardtown, MD, David attended Catholic schools Father Andrew White grade school and Saint Mary’s Ryken high school. Although his parents were exemplary Christians, the practice of his faith was non-existent as a teenager and young adult. He struggled academically in high school and proceeded to flunk out of three consecutive undergraduate institutions. His personal life wasn’t much of a success either, having been fired from his first job for shoplifting and falling prey to many sins of the flesh that today’s youth become entangled in. All of this changed rather dramatically at the age of 23 while serving the poor of Washington D.C. alongside the Missionaries of Charity Sisters as a live-in volunteer. During this experience, his dormant Catholic faith became alive and he made the decision to embark on the journey to the priesthood. Ten years later, he was ordained as a transitional deacon for the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer and is scheduled to be ordained a priest of Jesus Christ on May 31st, 2014. Come hear his powerful faith story. Also, Stella and others will talk about the signs and wonders the Lord did on their recent Columbia trip.